A MYSTERY GARDEN from Far Away Strange Lands 
LAMB’S TONGUE 
PUSSY EARS 
ECH EVE RIA NOBILIS 
Handsome Mexican 
plants powdered blue 
and red. Rosy red flow¬ 
ers in tall spikes. 25c. 
In Africa, where it 
grows, it mimics white 
pebbles to escape graz¬ 
ing animals. Yellow 
blooms. 25c. 
A Wandering Jew. but 
with succulent leaves 
covered with white hairs 
and beautiful purple 
blossoms! 25c. 
AMBER STARS 
The flowers will not 
seem real to you. A sur¬ 
prise awaits you when 
they first open in the 
fall. 35c. 
MYSTERY COLLECTION No. C18. Seven fine plants for a 6-inch bowl. A tiny gar¬ 
den from Africa and Mexico that will thrive in any room, planted in a dish. The 
four plants illustrated plus a Prickly Pear, Snake Cactus and Xmas Cheer. They 
will grow for months away from any light, but bloom best near a sunny window. 
MY CACTUS COLLECTION 
BISHOP'S CAP 
PEANUT CACTUS 
(Chamaecereus Sylvestrii) 
One of the fastest growing of Cacti often 
producing 20 or 30 new branches in a year! 
A tiny plant and a heavy bloomer — 
flowering first season. Clusters 50c. I 
Flowering size. X. J L 
Notes for the Cactus Fancier 
Our collection is a very large one, containing 
many hundreds of species, many of which are 
extremely rare and of which we may have 
only a few plants. It is obviously impossible to 
adequately describe them all within the lim¬ 
its of this catalog. If you will bear with me 
I will, from time to time, send my customers 
illustrated supplements more completely de¬ 
scribing the plants I can offer for sale and giv¬ 
ing you far more intimate details of their ap¬ 
pearance, flowers and care, together with 
notes on their home lands. The last supple¬ 
ment contained over 50 new illustrations show¬ 
ing our plants in various ways and offering 
specimen sizes. Supplements are free to cus¬ 
tomers. For reference purposes please remit 
10c each. 
BOWL GARDEN 
5 Blooming Size Plants for a 4-inch Bowl 
RED CROWN CACTUS 
(Rebutia minuscula) 
There are many kinds of Crown Cacti and 
all of them bear charming brightly colored 
flowers. In the spring our beds of them have 
thousands of blossoms! Easy to care for and 
enjoy quite a bit of moisture. Large j“ 
plants 50c. Specimens 75c. Vigor- STf 
ous young plants... 
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BOWL GARDEN COLLECTION No. C19 
A rare collection for a small bowl. Each 
plant is chosen for its beauty and flowers. 
Red Crown, Living Rock, Lady 
Fingers, Peanut Cactus. Fairy 
Lantern. Blooming size.. 
$125 
Astrophytum. There are a number of these 
Barrel Cacti, all found in Mexico, and the espe¬ 
cial favorites of collectors. They are interest¬ 
ing plants, as you may see by the photograph 
at lower right, which well shows how they 
secured their name. The grower should re¬ 
member that they like a soil with some lime 
in it and not much water. 
VARIETIES OF BISHOP'S CAP. Astrophytum 
myriostigma coahuilensis is a pretty kind 
found about Coahuila, Mexico. 35c. Astr. my- 
rio. potosina. Another scarce kind. 35c. 
STAR CACTUS. (Astrophytum ornatum.) See 
illustration, page 12. A beauty both in flower 
and in plant. It will certainly be one of your 
choicest specimens. Large, 75c. Smaller, 50c. 
BALL CACTI 
Notocactus. Here is a group I personally 
recommend to everyone, knowing that they 
will please in every way. They grow very 
easily and many of the best cacti for bowls 
are found among them. 
GOLDEN BALL. (N. Leninghausii). Handsome 
with soft harmless spines of pure shining gold. 
See color plate, page 8. 35c. 
SILVER BALL. (N. scopa.) With soft silvery 
white spines. An exquisite specimen plant. 
See page 4 for illustration. 35c. 
GIANT BALL. (N. Schumannianus.) Beauti¬ 
ful with red gold, deflexed spines. Very old 
plants may grow to a yard in length. 35c. 
A BLUE RIBBON COLLECTION 
Dear Mr. Johnson: 
I am sending a picture of my cactus collection. I 
plant them in the garden in the summer and this was 
taken in fall after they were potted for the house. 
Have about 90 different varieties. Had a few plants 
at Great Lake Exposition in Cleveland last summer 
and won two blue ribbons. 
MRS. A. VOSS, 
Ohio. 
YELLOW BALL CACTUS 
(Notocactus Ottonis) 
Each year I grow more fond of this sure to bloom 
cactus. Every plant we have flowered last year and 
some were still blooming in the fall! A grand ^ j- 
cactus for the beginner. 5 year old specimens < » 
$1. Fine plants....... J Jt 
BISHOP’S CAP 
(Astrophytum myriostigma) 
Each plant has 5 ridges and no spines, 
white as though carved from marble and free¬ 
ly bear handsome yellow blossoms all summer 
long. 3" specimens $2. Smaller... 
They are 
25c 
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